As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2004 Registration No. 333-100662 =========================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 to Form S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 95-2095071 -------- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 2900 Semiconductor Drive P.O. Box 58090 Santa Clara, California 95052-8090 (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number including area code: (408) 721-5000 ---------------------------------------------- Stock Option Granted to Michael Fung, Anil Kunar, Paul Lessard, Duane Oto and Jackson Tung as partial consideration for the purchase of DigitalQuake, Inc. (Full Title of the Plans) JOHN M. CLARK III, Esq. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2900 Semiconductor Drive, P.O. 58090 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8090 (408) 721-5000 (Name, address and telephone number, of agent for service) PART I EXPLANATORY NOTE DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES Pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, No. 333-100662 (the "Registration Statement"), National Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), registered 261,396* shares of its Common Stock, $0.50 par value per share ("Common Stock"), issuable under the option granted to Michael Fung, Anil Kumar, Paul Lessard, Duane Oto and Jackson Tung ("DQ Founders") as partial consideration for the purchase of DigitalQuake, Inc. Upon the Company's acquisition of DigitalQuake, Inc., the Company granted the option to the DQ Founders to receive their second and third installments of the consideration due for their DigitalQuake stock in Company stock. The option has now expired and terminated. The Company hereby removes from registration under the Registration Statement 158,128 shares of Common Stock remaining unissued under the Registration Statement. *All share numbers adjusted to reflect the two-for-one stock split paid in the form of a 100% stock dividend in May 2004. PART II SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-100662) and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Clara, State of California on September 27, 2004. NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION By BRIAN L. HALLA* --------------------- Brian L. Halla Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 27, 2004. BRIAN L. HALLA* Chairman of the Board, President, (Brian L. Halla) Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) LEWIS CHEW* Senior Vice President, Finance and (Lewis Chew) Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) ROBERT E. DeBARR* Controller (Robert E. DeBarr) (Principal Accounting Officer) STEVEN R. APPLETON* Director (Steven R. Appleton) GARY P. ARNOLD* Director (Gary P. Arnold) RICHARD J. DANZIG* Director (Richard J. Danzig) ROBERT J. FRANKENBERG* Director (Robert J. Frankenberg) E. FLOYD KVAMME* Director (E. Floyd Kvamme) MODESTO A. MAIDIQUE* Director (Modesto A. Maidique) EDWARD R. McCRACKEN* Director (Edward R. McCracken) *By: __//S// JOHN M. CLARK III____ John M. Clark III, Attorney in Fact